Jackson Hole Wyoming - Flat Creek - Small Stream, Big Brook Trout - end of June 2013

Mike took me to one of his favorite spots up in the mountains to fish flat creek. The off road drive in his diesel F350 was was pretty awesome and the fishing was great too.

There was snow on the mountains above us feeding the creek. The water was cold and we could see schools of brook trout lined up in the creek. On the way up we saw a big brown bear down on the flats and then up in the mountains a lone wolf ran past us up into the woods.

The trout were really picky, I tried everything in my fly box without much luck. Eventually, I was able to drift a small hears ear with a black bead head in front of the fish and they were enticed to strike. Each drift would either catch me a fish or a log, and I lost a lot of flies, but it was worth it.

The fish were large and strong and fought hard. I caught several brookies and mike had a few cutthroat from his float tube. Mike's Dog Belle had a good day fishing too!